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rights to he does talk about civil rights, i grant you, but he talks of colonialism extensively. it is a book about colonialism. so i think what is sad is, this is a very american tennessee where we're all projecting american history onto obama. we're unknowing -- ignorant obama's own history. you won't let me describe obama's relationship. let me to do. i'm a foreigner that i grew up in any that i'm an immigrant to america. i did not land on the american land until i was 17. okay? obama didn't land on the american mainland until he was 17. >> host: are you comparing india to hawaii rx guess that it became a state two years before obama was born. there's a second -- i long history of colonialism into why. he spent years in hawaii, four years in indonesia, subsequently he went to pakistan, multiple trips to africa. even in hawaii, one of his mentors was a former communist, a person whose identity obama sort of camouflage in his book. is my point. radical associations, some of which he reveals, some of which he suppresses. his mentor at columbia, anti-colonial writer -- >> host: yo
rights to he does talk about civil rights, i grant you, but he talks of colonialism extensively. it is a book about colonialism. so i think what is sad is, this is a very american tennessee where we're all projecting american history onto obama. we're unknowing -- ignorant obama's own history. you won't let me describe obama's relationship. let me to do. i'm a foreigner that i grew up in any that i'm an immigrant to america. i did not land on the american land until i was 17. okay? obama didn't...
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barbara johns was a high school student and civil rights activist. barbara johns at a time when in 1951, basically saw a school bus ride by her and her school bus was broken down. there was another one that was full of the white kids going to the good school. they had no books, no materials, horrible school. she organized a walk out. we are going to protest it. forget about it. she's one of the unknown people. her test case as they walked out was one the cases used in brown v. board of education. where did it come from? a teenager. a teenager is one of the people responsible for it. so the book is filled with, a guy named frank shankwits. he found out about a boy with leukemia that also wanted to be a police officer. he had a motorcycle made. he find out the boy with leukemia goes into a coma. he goes to the hospital room. as the boy is unconscious, he says, i want to put motorcycle wings on him. he pins the motorcycle wings, at which point, true story, the boy wakes up and smiles. the boy eventually goes back into a coma, eventually dies. on the way
barbara johns was a high school student and civil rights activist. barbara johns at a time when in 1951, basically saw a school bus ride by her and her school bus was broken down. there was another one that was full of the white kids going to the good school. they had no books, no materials, horrible school. she organized a walk out. we are going to protest it. forget about it. she's one of the unknown people. her test case as they walked out was one the cases used in brown v. board of...
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i also am not on board with the end of civilization argument that some of my friends on the right about what would happen if we had a marriage. in the book i say eventually is going to happen. >> host: you write that liberals are the aggressors persuading courts to force the virginia military institute to 6 of women. who is the aggressor? my point is not that the forces of change are always wrong. my point is that the left is dishonest when it pretends it is not in the business of imposing its values on others. had net, you are on with jonah goldberg. >> caller: thank you for this intellectual discussion. i am in the position of looking down the road and looking to solve this great divide in our country is going to take people like you that can look at some ideas that liberals have and say that might not be a bad idea and we have to look at the republicans and say that might not be a bad idea. let's see if we can work this out. what do you think is going to take to get us to that point and you said something very nice about liberals and then turn around and give the counter argument as
i also am not on board with the end of civilization argument that some of my friends on the right about what would happen if we had a marriage. in the book i say eventually is going to happen. >> host: you write that liberals are the aggressors persuading courts to force the virginia military institute to 6 of women. who is the aggressor? my point is not that the forces of change are always wrong. my point is that the left is dishonest when it pretends it is not in the business of...
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our own lbj absolutely did that with the voting rights act and the civil rights act. but talking about this whole disintegration and splittering of the black community, you also hit on the topic of the great migration. and i did not realize that by 1950, close to seven million black people had left the south because of jim crow. but you also talk about two -- two types of racism, north and south. you talk about maybe even a third hybrid. could you talk to us a little bit about that? >> well, it's just where i grew up in the south. everybody knew where they stood. okay? there was black sigh of town, white side of town, there was jim crow segregation which had the force of law. there were laws that segregated public accommodations in my town orangeberg, you know, there were stores that black people were supposed to enter through the back door. i had real buck teeth as a kid. i went to a white orthodontist. we never could wait in the waiting room. we waited in the doctors office until it was time for my appointment. we couldn't wait with the white patients. i didn't real
our own lbj absolutely did that with the voting rights act and the civil rights act. but talking about this whole disintegration and splittering of the black community, you also hit on the topic of the great migration. and i did not realize that by 1950, close to seven million black people had left the south because of jim crow. but you also talk about two -- two types of racism, north and south. you talk about maybe even a third hybrid. could you talk to us a little bit about that? >>...
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rights and active movement and in the middle of all that i got a fellowship from temple university to go to the middle east and do some research. i was working on religion and revitalization movement and ix had the idea of studies of what the refugee camp to see what was going on with the trauma of being in the camp. i collected all the stories inp xe camp south of lebanon, and the date that i left a woman grabbed my arm, she was the woman who introduced me to many of the people come and see steered me down and said we've told you everything. now what are you going to do? and i remember sitting next to my wife on the way, and said we said to each other our lives are never going to be the same again. this was a transforming experience in that i found out about something i didn't know about and i learned about it in a personal way. i could put faces on these people. i had their stories. i knew where they had come from, what they were experiencing and how desperately they wanted to go back to the lives they had forced to leave. and it was a few years later i started the palestinian ri
rights and active movement and in the middle of all that i got a fellowship from temple university to go to the middle east and do some research. i was working on religion and revitalization movement and ix had the idea of studies of what the refugee camp to see what was going on with the trauma of being in the camp. i collected all the stories inp xe camp south of lebanon, and the date that i left a woman grabbed my arm, she was the woman who introduced me to many of the people come and see...
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and with the voting rights act and the civil rights act. but talking about this whole disintegration and splintering of the black community, you also hit on the topic of the great migration. and i did not realize that by 1950, close to 7 million black people had left the south because of jim crow. but you also talk about two types of racism, north and south. you talk about that in the book, and maybe even a third hybrid. could you talk to us a little bit about that? >> well, it's just where i grew up in the south, you know, everybody knew where they stood, okay? it was black second, white side of town. there was jim crow segregation which had the force of law. so there were laws of segregated public accommodations in my town, orangeburg, you know, there were stories that black people were supposed to enter through the back door -- stores that black people were supposed into the black -- backdoor. when i would win or the dots, a orthodontist, in the city, and i remember being confused. we never could wait in the waiting room. we waited in th
and with the voting rights act and the civil rights act. but talking about this whole disintegration and splintering of the black community, you also hit on the topic of the great migration. and i did not realize that by 1950, close to 7 million black people had left the south because of jim crow. but you also talk about two types of racism, north and south. you talk about that in the book, and maybe even a third hybrid. could you talk to us a little bit about that? >> well, it's just...
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i was doing my graduate work, and i was very active in the civil rights and anti-war movement. and in the middle of all that i got a fellowship from temple university to go to the middle east and do some research. i was working in be religion and revitalization movements, and i had the idea of studying the refugee camps ask seeing what was going on -- and seeing what was going on with the trauma of the experience of being in the camps for as many years as palestinians had been. i collected all the stories in one camp. it was in the south of lebanon. and the day i left a woman grabbed my arm. she's the woman who actually had introduced me to many of the people, and she steered me down, and she said, we've told you everything. now, what are you going to do? and i remember sitting next to my wife on the way home and said, you know, we said to each other, our lives are never going to be the same again. i mean, this was a transformative experience in that i found out about something i didn't know about, and and i learned about it in a personal way. i could put faces on these people.
i was doing my graduate work, and i was very active in the civil rights and anti-war movement. and in the middle of all that i got a fellowship from temple university to go to the middle east and do some research. i was working in be religion and revitalization movements, and i had the idea of studying the refugee camps ask seeing what was going on -- and seeing what was going on with the trauma of the experience of being in the camps for as many years as palestinians had been. i collected all...
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side of the civil-rights movement. conservatism was on the wrong side of it. there are all sorts of interesting, worthwhile caveat and not reallys you can throw in after you make that statement but at the end of the day you have to make that statement. national review was wrong about the civil rights movement. the new republic was right to. i say that all the time and i understand why the fact that conservatives came out on the wrong side, republicans were more right about the civil-rights movement than the democrats were. more republicans voted and democrats did. and the republican party under eisenhower going all the way back to tea are at a better record than the democrats on race in almost every respect. woodrow wilson was the most racist president of the time. i understand why there's a cultural backdrop. one of those things that gets conservatives in trouble at least with collars and like you is this desire to be back against the sweatband of political correctness that says we all must see the world exactly the w
side of the civil-rights movement. conservatism was on the wrong side of it. there are all sorts of interesting, worthwhile caveat and not reallys you can throw in after you make that statement but at the end of the day you have to make that statement. national review was wrong about the civil rights movement. the new republic was right to. i say that all the time and i understand why the fact that conservatives came out on the wrong side, republicans were more right about the civil-rights...
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side of the civil rights movement. conservatism was on the wrong side. there are all sorts of interesting worthwhile caviar outs and all that kind of stuff you can throw in after you make that statement. the end of the day you have to make the statement. the national review was wrong. the new republic was right. and i said that all the time. i understand why the fact that conservatives came out of the wrong side teeseven this is the same thing. republicans were more right than the democrats were. more republicans voted than the democrats. but the republican party under eisenhower killing all the way back to t r had a much better record than the democrats to on racehorses in almost every respect. woodrow wilson was one of the most racist presidents. i understand why there is this cultural backdrop. i think one of the things that gets them in trouble, at least with colors like you, is this desire to beat back against this wet blanket of political correctness that says we all must see the world exactly the way liberals sa
side of the civil rights movement. conservatism was on the wrong side. there are all sorts of interesting worthwhile caviar outs and all that kind of stuff you can throw in after you make that statement. the end of the day you have to make the statement. the national review was wrong. the new republic was right. and i said that all the time. i understand why the fact that conservatives came out of the wrong side teeseven this is the same thing. republicans were more right than the democrats...
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civil rights lawyers actually civil rights lawyers in the era before brown actually encountered that same issue. in 1943. there's a case called reagan versus king in california, had to give with a challenge to japanese voters in san francisco. and the ability to vote for japanese citizens, children of citizens who live in the united states, was challenged in courts, went up to the ninth circuit. the contention was that the 14th amendment did not extend to all of those who were born here. and i'm proud to say that one of the lawyers who filed an amicus brief in that case was a gentleman named laura miller, a black lawyer in los angeles, and was a civil rights lawyer at this time. but still the question remains open. .. >> the question is what does that mean? a lot of people have contended is that congress didn't intend to make the children of illegal aliens citizens. i should point out that congress actual knew that many illegal aliens lived -- >> we are going to need you to speak louder because of the room. >> i should point that out congress, in fact, knew that illegal aliens existe
civil rights lawyers actually civil rights lawyers in the era before brown actually encountered that same issue. in 1943. there's a case called reagan versus king in california, had to give with a challenge to japanese voters in san francisco. and the ability to vote for japanese citizens, children of citizens who live in the united states, was challenged in courts, went up to the ninth circuit. the contention was that the 14th amendment did not extend to all of those who were born here. and...
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i began in a little town in east tennessee and cover the civil rights movement and appalachian poverty and worked for "the new york times" for 20 years. eight years as chief of the washington bureau. and then i was editor of the atlanta journal-constitution. spent the last 10 years of my act of life as curator of the nieman foundation at harvard journalism program at harvard and i am now retired, but working with tom also non-and running an organization that he and i created called the committee of concerned journalists, trying to preserve the values of a journalism that we cannot trust. >> mr. rosenstiel, your background? >> well, i was a newspaper man also. i spent 12 years at "the new york times." one of those is a press critic for the paper. i worked briefly for "newsweek." and while i was there was a porsche but a few charitable trust by creating a think tank, research institute by the press, which we created in 1996 called the project for excellence in journalism. as part of the pew research center here in washington. the way of the largest content analysis operation in the unite
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. >> hello, i'm a voting rights attorney for the civil rights under the law. and i thank george for inviting me on this panel and i'm very honored to be here with very distinguished panelists. and essentially my perspective is going to be from that of a voting rights lawyer and the work that i do in protecting the franchise of the elections. and some of it, you know, has already been said about the push and pull of elections and what motivates voters. and i see electoral success being driven by opposition rather than support. in 2006 we had opposition to the war and there were gains for the democrats. that in 2008, the economy crashed. there was opposition to the bush presidency again for the democrats and then here in 2010, there's an opposition -- the voters who came out and voted were motivated by opposition to what they see as government playing too large of a role in their lives and that also is inferenced by the messaging that has been prevalent since the obama presidency. so we have here this election that was decided by less than 40% of voting age popu
. >> hello, i'm a voting rights attorney for the civil rights under the law. and i thank george for inviting me on this panel and i'm very honored to be here with very distinguished panelists. and essentially my perspective is going to be from that of a voting rights lawyer and the work that i do in protecting the franchise of the elections. and some of it, you know, has already been said about the push and pull of elections and what motivates voters. and i see electoral success being...
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rights era, has made i think the prospect of more of these turnover elections for the house more common, for better and worse. you have you know, the house republicans are the most conservative of conservatives. just as the democrats, except when they have it take influx of moderates on the wave election, the combination of 2006 in 2008. a lot of members said even they were saying didn't really deserve -- wouldn't have a long hold in the seat, that they were just two republican leaning. so you get the situation where you have you have the wings of each party in these districts. they are virtually one-party district and then the activists are looking closely at what they do and they have high expectations. and when the party that is the majority doesn't meet those expectations, isn't liberal enough for us and conservative enough they get depressed. midterm election comes along with no presidential candidates at the top to bring voters out and the activists, who are for the majority, who have disappointed them, they stay home, and lot of them. and conversely that minority voters get energ
rights era, has made i think the prospect of more of these turnover elections for the house more common, for better and worse. you have you know, the house republicans are the most conservative of conservatives. just as the democrats, except when they have it take influx of moderates on the wave election, the combination of 2006 in 2008. a lot of members said even they were saying didn't really deserve -- wouldn't have a long hold in the seat, that they were just two republican leaning. so you...
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there is a civil rights era. my good friend, john lewis was getting pounded from the bridge. mao was national news and a troubled the american people. we do not add our own country see that there are extraordinarily courageous people on the ground throughout the middle east -- and that's not just palestine, israel, that is within the other countries that have a totalitarian regimes trying to bring about change in a non-violently. that would create i think some better empathy with those folks especially if you tie it to the islamic scripture that is part of the motivation and again, not all of the nonviolent activists are muslim. there are many christian activists as well and many jewish activists of course as well over there. so, getting the different perspective, and then i think, i actually think their needs to be a loud voice among moderate muslims in the united states of america. i really believe that. i think there has to be a greater global condemnation of extremism and they are out there. there are people doing great work. jim and many others of the american arab ameri
there is a civil rights era. my good friend, john lewis was getting pounded from the bridge. mao was national news and a troubled the american people. we do not add our own country see that there are extraordinarily courageous people on the ground throughout the middle east -- and that's not just palestine, israel, that is within the other countries that have a totalitarian regimes trying to bring about change in a non-violently. that would create i think some better empathy with those folks...
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during the civil rights era my good friend, john lewis, was getting pounded across from the bridge. the was national news and a troubled of the american people. we do not come at our own country, see that there are extraordinarily courageous people on the ground through the middle east and that's not just palestine and israel with the other countries that have to tell the tyrian regimes to bring about change in a non-violent way. that would create i think better empathy especially if you tie it to the islamic scripture that is part of the motivation and again model of the nonviolent activists are muslim got there are many christian activists as well and many jewish activists as well so getting different perspective and then i think -- i think needs to be a lot of voice among moderate muslims in the united states of america. i really believe that. i think there has to be a greater global condemnation of extremism and they are out there doing great work on the front, jim and many others of the american arab american institute but it's not getting the kind of coverage, so the american
during the civil rights era my good friend, john lewis, was getting pounded across from the bridge. the was national news and a troubled of the american people. we do not come at our own country, see that there are extraordinarily courageous people on the ground through the middle east and that's not just palestine and israel with the other countries that have to tell the tyrian regimes to bring about change in a non-violent way. that would create i think better empathy especially if you tie it...
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-- and you apparently don't want vend res selling those games to minors, isn't that right? >> exercising our -- >> you don't want that, and california said there's a civil penalty attached to that. >> what i do is transform the esrb, the private voluntary system that exists into the censorship commission that this court struck down in interstate circuit. when the government does that and you have to go to them for permission to allow kids into movies or these it's a licensing authority thats 1st amendment allows. >> there's really no good reason to think exposure to video games is bad for minors, expoture to really violent video games is bad, is that right? >> it's important to draw a distinction between harm under the law and appropriateness. families have different judgment they make about their children at different ages and with different content and family values -- >> mr. smith, do they say that's a sufficient law to go guard? i understand the current studies dowght suggest harm, but are there studies that would be enough? >> well, i imagine a world where expression c
-- and you apparently don't want vend res selling those games to minors, isn't that right? >> exercising our -- >> you don't want that, and california said there's a civil penalty attached to that. >> what i do is transform the esrb, the private voluntary system that exists into the censorship commission that this court struck down in interstate circuit. when the government does that and you have to go to them for permission to allow kids into movies or these it's a licensing...
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is to be a different stand in the intelligence relationship of the united states it is reached the right conclusion, however having said that, we have to find a productive litigation of this type without compromising national security. have we considered the scope of the paper in civil cases to criminal cases. >> ungrateful of my honorable friend. the same issues arise and i will certainly take. it is coming up over and over again. we can't have an inquest which is decided in the inquest is a highly important matter of the explosions of july to extend itself into an inquiry into the activities of the intelligence service and reforming themselves about possible risks of security across the country and forcibly is the crash into the problem of things what the evidence is supposed to be induced in public and i have no idea where we move on in that particular case and it is difficult to do, it is going to be difficult to reach but as quickly as possible which is intended to address this problem so we can be sure justice is done without compromising national security, and when that happens th
is to be a different stand in the intelligence relationship of the united states it is reached the right conclusion, however having said that, we have to find a productive litigation of this type without compromising national security. have we considered the scope of the paper in civil cases to criminal cases. >> ungrateful of my honorable friend. the same issues arise and i will certainly take. it is coming up over and over again. we can't have an inquest which is decided in the inquest...
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it examines a range of challenges including discrimination and topics related to civil liberties in the context of our national security, and it was developed with a host of u.s. civil society actors and organizations. >> can i follow-up on that? >> sure. >> the u.s. -- [inaudible] >> i'm sorry, what? >> is the u.s. worried that it might get the president's term -- >> not at all. the report has been out since late august, and it does highlight, you know, some areas where there is an ongoing debate in the country about certain areas, but the report on balance underscores that we have human rights record in this country that is second to none. we present the report proudly and are happy to defend it if anyone has any questions. this is part of what we're trying to do, you know, obviously every, you know, the human rights counsel has encouraged every state that is a member of the united nations to make a report, an assessment, on the human rights situation in each respective country. this is our turn to present our report. we took it seriously, and we'll demonstrate that, you know, the pro
it examines a range of challenges including discrimination and topics related to civil liberties in the context of our national security, and it was developed with a host of u.s. civil society actors and organizations. >> can i follow-up on that? >> sure. >> the u.s. -- [inaudible] >> i'm sorry, what? >> is the u.s. worried that it might get the president's term -- >> not at all. the report has been out since late august, and it does highlight, you know, some...
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two million people, southern sudan on january 9th of 2011, so very soon, is going to be votin for its right to its own's independence. now, 80% of sudan's oil is in the south of the country, buts there's only one way that oilry. leaves the country, and that's through the north. that's through a pipeline.y, and that pipeline is heavily protected by chinese oil interests.r now, it used to be a u.s.eres company which had divested becausee of so much political power.h and i had the very curious conversation with some of the former farmers, sudanese southern farmers who have been essentially scorch earth shoved off their land by oil interests, right? so they have, her now essentially fishermen, and they fish in puddles. and i had a group of men say toh me, why can't you bring back chevron?ri we'd much prefer chevron and western oil interests to chinesh ones because at least they try to get to know us.ea so, you know, that is to say in shorthand that what looks at a distance like dismal economic policy and we should bring sanctions and we need to stay out of particular areas is frequently on the
two million people, southern sudan on january 9th of 2011, so very soon, is going to be votin for its right to its own's independence. now, 80% of sudan's oil is in the south of the country, buts there's only one way that oilry. leaves the country, and that's through the north. that's through a pipeline.y, and that pipeline is heavily protected by chinese oil interests.r now, it used to be a u.s.eres company which had divested becausee of so much political power.h and i had the very curious...
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we have both civil rights and civil liberties and a very robust capability into our process and they work with the analysts early on in the process. this is not done at the end of sort of a list of the document and see if we meet pc requirements. it is built in what analysts are working with counterparts in asking hard questions. is that a real indicator? have you think so? how did you get there? doing that to the process as we develop our analysis. as part of dhs that has our outreach efforts to some communities we feel comfortable with a good mix there. >> any one last question for the audience? over here. and could we in response -- i promised the panel members a final statement if you wish to make it. so last question and final statements. >> roderigo. this is for the secretary and principle. when i saw the state of domestic intelligence reform i resorted taking the question that i didn't know we had something to reform from an intelligence perspective. could you give us an inside on the difference between threat information and intelligence for the audience paid for that underst
we have both civil rights and civil liberties and a very robust capability into our process and they work with the analysts early on in the process. this is not done at the end of sort of a list of the document and see if we meet pc requirements. it is built in what analysts are working with counterparts in asking hard questions. is that a real indicator? have you think so? how did you get there? doing that to the process as we develop our analysis. as part of dhs that has our outreach efforts...